Anyone Been tuned?
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Melting Slicks
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Anyone Been tuned?
im going to get my vette tuned and dynoed friday morning. i have muff elims and an intake. new water pump stage 2 clutch and fidanza flywheel and new distrib. what am i going to see? what do u guys predict as far as normal gains to a tune. what r ur impressions after yours?
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I had the LT1Edit done on mine several years ago. They did seven pulls during the tune (I could hear them from the Customer Waiting Room).
What did I gain? Don't know, since they not only wouldn't let me watch the pulls, they would only let me see one dyno chart....and that chart was down 4hp from the dyno pulls I'd done three months earlier at another shop.
Weather and different dynos probably accounted for that 4hp difference, so I'd say the LT1Edit was worth zero.
The car drove the same after as it did before.
Live and learn.
Larry
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What did I gain? Don't know, since they not only wouldn't let me watch the pulls, they would only let me see one dyno chart....and that chart was down 4hp from the dyno pulls I'd done three months earlier at another shop.
Weather and different dynos probably accounted for that 4hp difference, so I'd say the LT1Edit was worth zero.
The car drove the same after as it did before.
Live and learn.
Larry
code5coupe
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not easily impressed....
Last edited by rocco16; Oct 10, 2007 at 12:45 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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danng. well i know the guy who is going to do mine. hopefully he lets me watch. and im getting 3 pulls and a tune. He said he usually see's like 15-30hp on a tune. lets hope
Melting Slicks
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I had the LT1Edit done on mine several years ago. They did seven pulls during the tune (I could hear them from the Customer Waiting Room).
What did I gain? Don't know, since they not only wouldn't let me watch the pulls, they would only let me see one dyno chart....and that chart was down 4hp from the dyno pulls I'd done three months earlier.
What did I gain? Don't know, since they not only wouldn't let me watch the pulls, they would only let me see one dyno chart....and that chart was down 4hp from the dyno pulls I'd done three months earlier.
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
I hope you get the additional power.
I can only say this: if a car gains 30hp from a tune, then it was out of tune by about 25hp when it drove up on the rollers.
I.e. an LT1 making the full 300hp when it goes on the dyno for the tune won't be making 330 when it comes off.
If you pick up 5hp on a stock engine, give thanks.
Larry
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I can only say this: if a car gains 30hp from a tune, then it was out of tune by about 25hp when it drove up on the rollers.
I.e. an LT1 making the full 300hp when it goes on the dyno for the tune won't be making 330 when it comes off.
If you pick up 5hp on a stock engine, give thanks.
Larry
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not easily impressed....
Melting Slicks
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That's roughly $500-$700 to tune a stock motor. I don't see the point...that money would be better saved & spent on other engine mods (ie heads, cam, headers), which would then benefit from a dyno tune.
FWIW....I paid pcmforless $200 for a mail order tune after the addition of the hotcam & headers. Car runs great. I just couldn't see spending $500+...big money dyno tunes are better spent on big power/money engines. Those are the types that need & benefit from dyno tunes.
FWIW....I paid pcmforless $200 for a mail order tune after the addition of the hotcam & headers. Car runs great. I just couldn't see spending $500+...big money dyno tunes are better spent on big power/money engines. Those are the types that need & benefit from dyno tunes.
Last edited by JEFNLSA; Oct 10, 2007 at 01:36 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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Yes, you can get 3 pulls around here for $50 but even a mail order tune runs $200+ so how the heck can a dyno tune run $75? More power to ya' if that's the case but...
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I just had my vette tuned a few weeks ago. They charge $125 an hour to use the dyno and $75 an hour to get it tuned. I was there for 3 hours and they let me watch the whole thing.
Melting Slicks
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Melting Slicks
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you know thats funny because i got in an argurment with an old girl friend who said " my exboyfriend got his car tuned and it was really cheap" and i told her that a tune was around 400 or more, and she argued with me. but now im finding mine to be really cheap too. it must b a NC thing. well lets hope he holds his price.
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My dyno-tune ran $500 at a Los Angeles area Corvette tuner.
If you want the name, you'll have to PM me.
Larry
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If you want the name, you'll have to PM me.
Larry
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not easily impressed....
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In terms of power, I doubt you'll see much...no way will you get near 30HP from it. However, don't forget to get your fans reprogrammed and such while you're there.
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Melting Slicks
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thanks. thats another thing i wanted to do was have my fans tunred on lower. but what about winter. will it make a diff. what temps should i have them tunred on at? is there a way i can loose hp before i get a tune. like mine came w 300 can it be that i go there and before they tune it, it could show 290?
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thanks. thats another thing i wanted to do was have my fans tunred on lower. but what about winter. will it make a diff. what temps should i have them tunred on at? is there a way i can loose hp before i get a tune. like mine came w 300 can it be that i go there and before they tune it, it could show 290?
I would spend the money on gears or a converter and forget the tune
until you have other mods that will require a tune.
Safety Car
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If your only paying 125 for 3 pulls and a tune my guess would be he is going to adjust your fuel pressure go for it ya got nothing to lose.
I installed a hot cam long tubes and some port work. I went out to DRM Doug still dose all the tuning which is cool. I think he did 5 or 6 pulls and then we hit the road and he did some data logging I think he pulled out 19 hp but the difference in how smooth he got my car to idle and run was after the mods was well worth it.
I am certain with a cam change and headers a tune is in order. Any thing less and your wasting your money.
I installed a hot cam long tubes and some port work. I went out to DRM Doug still dose all the tuning which is cool. I think he did 5 or 6 pulls and then we hit the road and he did some data logging I think he pulled out 19 hp but the difference in how smooth he got my car to idle and run was after the mods was well worth it.
I am certain with a cam change and headers a tune is in order. Any thing less and your wasting your money.